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84003724 [1] Added to NRHP. March 8, 1984. The Historic Third Ward is a historic warehouse district located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This Milwaukee neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the Third Ward is home to over 450 businesses and maintains a strong position within the retail and professional ...
1874 2-story home of railroad man and leading Catholic John Baasen, designed by Charles Gombert. Housed offices of German YMCA from 1888 to 1893. Used by Mt. Sinai Hospital starting in 1905, Wisconsin House Hotel in 1919, and Joe Kerscher's tavern in 1933. 13. Lloyd A. Barbee House. Lloyd A. Barbee House. May 7, 2019.
The former village became Milwaukee's 17th ward. Bay View is best known to labor historians as the site of the 1886 Bay View Massacre . Father James Groppi , a noted Milwaukee civil rights activist from the 1960s, was born in Bay View, where his father ran a grocery business.
May 4, 1990. The Garden Homes Historic District in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [3] Under socialist mayor Daniel Hoan, the City of Milwaukee implemented the country's first public housing project in 1923. This experiment with a municipally-sponsored housing ...
German Heritage Walking Tour: Tourists will learn about notable German people and places in Milwaukee history. 2 hours. $20 for adults, $5 for ages 6-11, free for kids 5 and under. Beyond Brady ...
During the first half of the 20th century, Milwaukee was the hub of the socialist movement in the United States. Milwaukeeans elected three Socialist mayors during this time: Emil Seidel (1910–1912), Daniel Hoan (1916–1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948–1960), and remains the only major city in the country to have done so.
NRHP reference No. 82000686 [1] Added to NRHP. 23 August 1982. (42 years ago) (1982-08-23) Bay View is a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North America on the shores of Lake Michigan, south of the downtown area and north of the City of St. Francis. Bay View existed as an independent village for eight years, from 1879 to 1887.
Shorewood. 330-foot wooden steam freighter, built in 1896 by James Davidson. One of the largest wooden ships ever built, she mostly carried iron ore east on the Great Lakes and returned with coal. Ran aground in a fog bank in November 1905. 4. Rufus Arndt House. Rufus Arndt House. More images. September 12, 1985.